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MSU study looks at local schools' meat program

by HILARY MATHESON
Daily Inter Lake | July 20, 2015 9:00 PM

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<p>Serena Carlson, form left, Finley Putzler, and Ali Putzler enjoy lunch from the Kalispell schools' summer meals program. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>

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<p>Jeremy Plummer of Lower Valley Processing is working with to bring local beef to the area's schools. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>

There are more cows than people living in Montana. With that in mind, Montana State University researchers looking at what it will take to increase the amount of locally sourced beef in school cafeterias.

Researchers are looking at beef-to-school models such as the one in Kalispell Public Schools.

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